Phill Jones
| No. 31 – Nelson Giants | |
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| Position | Shooting guard |
| League | NBL |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
25 January 1974 Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Listed height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) |
| Listed weight | 90 kg (198 lb) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Inangahua College (Inangahua Junction, New Zealand) Nelson College (Nelson, New Zealand) |
| Playing career | 1993–2016 |
| Career history | |
| 1993–1998 | Nelson Giants |
| 1998–1999 | Kouvot |
| 1999 | Otago Nuggets |
| 2000–present | Nelson Giants |
| 2000–2001 | Kouvot |
| 2001–2002 | Honka Espoo |
| 2002 | Kouvot |
| 2002–2003 | Cantù |
| 2003–2004 | New Zealand Breakers |
| 2004–2007 | Cantù |
| 2007–2009 | New Zealand Breakers |
| 2009–2011 | Cairns Taipans |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Phillip Charles George "Phill" Jones (born 25 January 1974) is a New Zealand professional basketball player for the Nelson Giants of the New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL). The two-time Olympian has scored more points in the New Zealand NBL than any other Kiwi player and is second overall in league scoring history. In 2004, he ranked second among all points scorers at the Athens Olympics. In 2016, he became the first player in New Zealand NBL history to reach 400 games.
Born in Christchurch, Jones grew up in Reefton, where he attended Inangahua College. In 1992, Jones moved to Nelson to play high school basketball at Nelson College.
In 1993, Jones debuted in the New Zealand NBL for the Nelson Giants, playing with the club for six seasons. Following the 1998 season, Jones moved to Finland to play for Kouvot of the Korisliiga. Following the 1998–99 season, Jones returned to New Zealand and played for the Otago Nuggets during the 1999 NZNBL season. After one season with the Nuggets, he re-joined the Giants and played for them every year until 2016 (bar 2005 and 2007).
In 2000–01, Jones again played for Kouvot in Finland. He then split the 2001–02 season with Honka Espoo and Kouvot.
In the summer of 2002, Jones signed with Oregon Scientific Cantù of Italy for the 2002–03 season.
In 2003, Jones signed with the New Zealand Breakers for their inaugural season in the Australian NBL.
In 2004, Jones re-signed with Cantù, playing for them until 2007. Jones subsequently missed out on the Giants' 2007 championship after returning from Italy two days too late to complete his five-game requirement to be eligible to join the Nelson roster.
In July 2007, Jones signed a two-year deal with the New Zealand Breakers, returning to the club for a second stint.
In July 2009, Jones signed with the Cairns Taipans, spending two seasons with the club where he reached the 2011 Grand Final, a series the Taipans ironically lost to the Breakers.
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